[pa-info] Asylum update (07/02/09)

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Greeting from the Poets' Asylum. Enjoy the holiday weekend and join us on
Sunday.
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Brian Ellis - Tonight

Regardless of the weather tonight there will be fireworks of the verbal
variety in Kelly Square tonight. *Brian S. Ellis*, member of the the last 4
Cantab Slam Teams, former Champion of Champions @ the Cantab Lounge, and
Write Bloody Publishing author will be the feature at *The After Nine Poetry
Series*. Go expecting a great performance and you won't be disappointed.

The weekly poetry reading is held every Thursday night in the Ship Room at
the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester). The official start time is
8:00 p.m. but honestly, things gets going closer to 9. Open mic to start,
followed by the feature. Bring some bills to throw in the captain's hat. 21+
and proper id is required.
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Coming up on Sunday, July 5th

[image: Poetic Boxing] This week the *Poets' Asylum* will host the first of
two *open qualifying slam* to determine who will battle it out to be the
2009 Worcester representative to the Individual World Poetry
Championship<http://www.iwps2009.com/>.
This will be a two round slam with 3 minute time limits. The usual
rules<http://poetsasylum.org/slam.html#SPIEL>apply. The top finishers
tonight moves on to the iWPS Finals on August 30th.

Join us at Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The
reading starts at *6:00 p.m.* No cover; please throw some money in the
bucket to support the reading and the slam team.
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June 28th Revisited

Thanks to all who joined the Poets' Asylum this week for our feature *Chad
Anderson*. Chad gave a whirlwind performance that drew appreciative applause
throughout with a mix of snaps, moans and laughter as appropriate. From the
first poem for his dad to the sing-a-long about having the roadways all to
himself it was a fine evening of words. Great pieces about soundwaves and
Cracker Barrel added to the fun. Thanks Chad for a fun night and thanks to
all those who came out to listen.
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2009 Poets' Asylum T-shirt

[image: 2009 t-shirt design] We've ordered the 2009 Poets' Asylum t-shirts
and should have them within a couple of weeks. Unisex sizes small through
XXXL have been ordered. Shirts will sell for $15 and all proceeds will help
fund the 2009 Worcester Slam Team.

You can reserve a shirt in your size by e-mailing webmaster @
poetsasylum.org <webmaster at poetsasylum.org> with your shirt size. View a
larger version of the t-shirt design by visiting the Fundraising
Page<http://www.poetsasylum.org/tlink.html>at
poetsasylum.org.

We have a limited quantity of Poets' Asylum t-shirt from previous years
still available. Visit the
Merchandise<http://www.poetsasylum.org/merchlink.html>page to look at
the past designs and check out the available sizes and
pricing.


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Slam Circus - July 17th

[image: Slam Circus flyer] The 2009 Worcester Slam Team take the show on the
road in a *Slam Circus* on Friday, July 17th at PACE - the Pioneer Art
Center of Easthampton <http://www.pioneerarts.org/>. The team will put on a
stellar performance for (hopefully) a packed house. After the feature,
audience members will have a chance to compete with their own poems for
prizes and poetic glory.

The performance will be held at the PACE Theatre, 41 Union Street,
Easthampton, MA. $8 general admission. $7 for PACE members. Start time is
8:00 p.m. This is going to be a major fundraiser for the slam team and the
Poets' Asylum. Please join us if you can.

Team member Dani Carriveau has crafted a lovely flyer. We'd appreciate your
help in peppering the universe with copies of it. You can download the PDF
by clicking here <http://poetsasylum.org/slam-circus.pdf>. You'll need Acrobat
Reader <http://get.adobe.com/reader/> to view the flyer. Thank you for your
support!
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The Poets' Asylum is in its eighteenth year of bringing the best in
Performance and Slam Poetry to Central Massachusetts and beyond.

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